Ammon taylor



(No Model.) 7 I A. TAYLOR.

No. 250,298. Patented Nbv. 29,1881,

1 I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC AMMON TAYLOR, or NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT.

COMB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 250,298, dated November 29, 1881.

Application filed August 26, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, AMMON TAYLOR, ofNewtown, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Combs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and accurate description of the same.

This invention relates to that class of combs which are provided with double or re-enforced backs; and it consists in the hereinafter-described mode of attaching said backs to the combs.

Combs of horn, ivory, &c., are necessarily made about the same thickness at the back as through the teeth, because of the difficulty of procuring the material of desirable thickness or the costly character of the material. The first reason applies to horn, and the last applies to ivory. The transverse grain of horn, ivory, 860., also makes the comb frail and liable to break across the back. To guard against this liability backs of metal, wood, &c., have been applied, inclosing the back edge of the comb, and thereby strengthening it to the desired degree. When metal backs have been employed longitudinal grooves have been out along the sides of the comb, near to the back edge, and the edges of the metal were placed in the same, being held firmly therein by the elasticity of the metal. This makes a serviceable back but it is objectionable because the acids formed by decomposition of the oily matters acquired from the hair attack the metal and corrode it. Aside from metal, wood has been most commonly employed, and has been secured by rivets. As a material wood is probably the most desirable; but as the wooden back is necessarily made with grain running lengthwise of the comb, and is not subject to expansion and contraction in that direction, whereas the grain of the comb is transverse to its length, and therefore is liable to expansion and contraction, it is evident the attachment ofthe wooden back by rivets must be frail. Therefore the desideratum is a non-corrodible back, secured to the comb in a way which will permit the comb to expand and contract lengthwise without loosening the attachment of the back, and the same forms the gist of my invention.

That others may fully understand theinven tion, I will more particularly describe it, having reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention, a portion being broken away to show the interior structure. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 shows the old way of at taching wooden and otherbacks. Fig. etshows the common way of attaching metallic backs.

A is the comb, made in the ordinary way, except that at each end the back is cut a little longer than the teeth, as shown at 1). One or more grooves, d, are out in the side or sides of the back longitudinally, and the back F, preferably of wood, but possibly of some other proper material, is fitted over the back by having cut in said back a deep longitudinal groove of proper width to receive and fit the back of the comb, as shown. When the back is applied to the comb the grooves are filled with glue or other proper cement, which will harden and adhere to the wood, but not to the comb, and which will not be softened by the oily matters from the hair. After application the wood is clamped to the comb-back until the glue or cement has become hard, and the wooden back is then anchored to the comb by hard and strong ribs c c, which are not only not likely to split off, as ribs left cutting the wood would do, but they serve more effectually to strengthen the wood itself than equal portions of the wood itself would do. These ribs of glue do not adhere to the comb, and therefore the comb is free to expand or contract.

To prevent the back F from slipping endwise on the comb a simple rivet, r, may be put through both back and comb, and to prevent the wood from checking and splitting at the ends, and to impart to the attachment additional strength without preventing expansion or contraction of the comb, as well as to ornament the ends, ferrules or caps h are applied to the ends, as shown, so as to inelose the projecting parts I).

Havingdescribcd my invention, what I claim as new isl. A comb, A, provided with one or more longitudinal grooves along the sides of the back, and back F, fitted over the back of the comb A,

combined with fillings cc, of glue or other prop- 109 er cement, which adheres to the wood, but not to the comb, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The method of securing re-enforce backs to combs, which consists in grooving the combback and forming in said grooves anchor-ribs on the covering reinforce back, from glue or other proper cement which will adhere to said re-enforce, but not to the comb, substantially as set forth.

3. The comb A, provided with the end projections, b, and the back F, extending over said projections, combined with theferrules h,whereby the ends are protected and bound, as set forth. 1 5 4. A comb, A, provided with the end projec- A tions, b, and the longitudinal grooves d, combined with a back, F, anchor-ribs e e, of glue or other proper cement adhesive to the back, but not to the comb, and the binding-ferrules 20 h at the ends, as set forth.

AMMON TAYLOR.

V Witnesses:

W. B. BARTRAM, JAMES RYDER. 

